Legend of Zelda: An RPG to the Past

Deku Baba

These strange sentient plants are common throughout the wooded areas of Hyrule and Termina. Lunging forward towards any potential prey, they latch down and immediately begin digesting. Some practical uses have been found for parts of the Baba, from long sticks to hard projectile nuts, and onto a nut that produces an effect similar to a flash-bang.

Engulf (Ex)
If a Big Baba begins its turn with an opponent at least two size categories smaller than itself grappled in its mouth, it can close its jaws completely around the foe by making a new combat maneuver check (as though attempting to pin the foe). If it succeeds, it engulfs the prey and inflicts 1d8+7 points of damage and 2d6 acid damage as the cavity floods with digestive enzymes. The seal formed is airtight, so an engulfed creature risks suffocation. Engulf is a special form of pinning, and an engulfed creature can escape in the same way as he can from being pinned, but since an engulfed creature is contained wholly inside the plant’s jaws, the Baba’s victim cannot be targeted by effects or attacks that require line of sight or line of effect. A Big Baba that is grappling or pinning a foe cannot attack other targets with that bite, but is not otherwise hindered.